@abasket where I live…the hand sanitizer is usually in the aisle near the hand soaps.
Praying for you to be safe and protected. Glad you are all being health smart and hygiene aware.
Love your posts and insights. Don’t want you getting sick.
And watch out for the regular flu too. That’s super serious in total numbers.
There are some gadgets you can buy and online advice for making your own distilled water if you want to be totally self-sufficient.
I help with our local youth wrestling club and we had a big tournament today.
Concession stand ran out of bottled water so I ran to Walmart to buy 10 cases. Got out of there as quickly as possible hoping no one I know saw me buy 400 bottles of water.
Personally that’s one thing I think people are over buying. Do you really think water will be shut off for a protracted time period? I get stocking up on food so you can stay at home, but unless you live in Flint MI you will almost certainly have unlimited access to potable tap water.
Re: extra canned items. Yes, I will definitely give extras to the food pantry. We don’t have one here, but I’ll take it to one in the adjoining county.
@thumper1 Thank you. Duh, I didn’t consider recipes. Salsa, chili, etc. are great ideas. We usually just eat it as the veggie so I didn’t think of that.
@romanigypsyeyes I’m in northern IN. Krogers, yes! He happened to be right by it when they unloaded a pallet.
That is great advice @Lennon. We were debating the relative insensitivity of posting something like “Get your books today before you’re stuck in a quarantine!” 
but I think your suggestion is better.
I got an email from Nordstrom saying they were disinfecting their stores etc. Probably for the same reason, business is off.
Kid who works in an ER 11 miles from Life Care Center of Kirkland was sent home early–few people were coming in. Grocery store, on the other hand, was busier than usual. I didn’t go down the cleaning or paper goods aisles so I can’t report on those, but I can say that the store was selling out of berries and asparagus. Maybe everyone is staying in and cooking . . . Also, most Girl Scout troops have decided to end cookie sales a week early, so I didn’t have to / was unable to pay the cookie tax.
Some of the drop-off in business may be due to people isolating more due to Covid-19 but some may be due to people feeling poorer and/or wanting to curtail spending due to the decline in the stock market and fear that there is more to come. Sorry to hear your business is down. 
^^I was thinking this too. People don’t feel as well off as before so they don’t spend money. Of course, this creates a vicious cycle.
I do wish I’d invested in Clorox and Campbell’s soup. Their stocks are doing well.
@HImom are you still planning a funeral service for 1000 people? Frankly, that 1000 person event is more likely to have an older group of people, and plus…lots more people than a baby shower.
If you are concerned about your health and your mom…I’m not sure I understand having a 1000 person gathering…but not going to a baby shower.
And yes…I do recall your older brother was insisting on the 1000 person funeral. But given the circumstances as your health concerns and your mom…maybe this needs to be revisited.
Agree with @thumper1, and think HiMom and her brother may need to prepare themselves for the possibility that many may re-think attending such a large gathering as the news about the spread of the virus continues to get more ominous.
I’m back from my trip to the outlet center. Plenty of parking spaces and the couple of stores I like weren’t busy. The center seemed decently busy but not as busy as a normal Saturday. The couple of sale associates we spoke with said that they aren’t seeing the usual large groups of Asian and European tourists. She also said people aren’t mentioning the virus much. They opened a Cracker Barrel restaurant in the same center and the times we drove by they had huge crowds of people waiting outside so people aren’t afraid to go out. This is a west coast city so Cracker Barrel is a novelty.
Our go to Mexican restaurant had gone out of business so we had to search for a new spot. Found a Thai spot via Yelp with good reviews. Sadly the place was empty. We had a great lunch and will meet there again.
I had a lot of traffic both directions so people are going somewhere. No confirmed cases in my area but the area I met up with my friend has had at least one confirmed case off the cruise ship.
I’m doing my best to not touch my face and keep washing my hands.
In Rhode Island, where there have been some cases the past few days.
I went to Walmart and picked up some basics. It was incredibly busy but not people stocking up on water and Clorox. Just normal, super busy and lots of families.
My coworker’s daughter just got back from Lombardy Italy from a cancelled semester abroad. No quarantine.
If someone in our office is detected, I will go to our summer home for a few weeks with my wife having a suppressed immune system. That’s what we have planned.
Mr. is not a prepper, but he surely behaved like one recently. He dumped all of his planes, cars, and silicon stuff in the trading IRA as soon as the news of the virus spreading broke out (but not soon enough to avoid some losses). Went all biotech, just like he did in 2008-2009. Amazingly, his IRA has not tanked yet, and he even made up the losses. Well, tomorrow is always another day, lol. As seasoned biotech stock holders, we are used to volatility in those stocks.
(But I don’t even want to look at our 401(k)s though… )
When did she arrive back? She’s definitely supposed to be self-quarantining.
They came back with one of the first college groups. Was that two weeks ago? Maybe a bit less. No quarantine. And no family quarantine after coming back.
One child is still in HS. But no issues so far and my friend is very health conscious.
Well, the rules did change only recently. Two weeks ago things were just getting going. February 21st, only 20 confirmed cases in Italy and that was the day they locked down the towns now in the “red zone”. Plus, the suggested quarantine length is only 14 days.
@doschicos He did say her friends and locals were skittish to be around her.
I’ve been summoned for jury duty the week of March 30th. Group 1, so I will definitely get called. We have one identified CoVi case in our county so far. I’m NOT looking forward to doing my civic duty. I wish being over 60 were an accepted excuse!
Ive been sitting vigil in a hospital in FL for my mom since Wednesday. There are signs saying anyone who is ill and had been out of the country shouldn’t enter. There are a small handful of people wearing masks. Doc today went to shake hands with us and I asked if he was still doing that. He rolled his eyes and said more people died In the tornados in TN than the virus in the US. Said the whole response was way overblown.
I did get zycam as a precaution and the shelves at Walgreens and CVS wear bare of things like alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, vitamins, and anything else that could possibly help with preventing illness. The pharmacist had one bottle of the zycam gummies left. The regular stuff was sold out.
I’m still hand washing like crazy though.
Back home H said the market was a total zoo. Day before thanksgiving busy but no shortages of anything.